John Schlesinger directed it, and Waldo Salt wrote the screenplay based on the James Leo Herlihy novel.It stars Dustin Hoffman (in his first starring role after The Graduate), along with Jon Voight in the title role. make sure he is comfortable and eating a good balanced diet. "Midnight Cowboy" should have been about their self-discovery, about the process that took place as they learned to know each other. This pairing seems so common that it reaches the level of archetype, existing in big cities, college dorms, and, hell, Cyrano de Bergerac. :) x I saw MIDNIGHT COWBOY in easter 1970 when i was 15. He makes his own way in the city, hated, asking no favors. Joe is brawny and not too smart, whereas Ratso is physically lacking but clever. It was at a very quiet matinée in a very cold rural mountain holiday resort town in in Australia. The friendship at the center of Midnight Cowboy between Joe and Ratso no doubt accounts for the story’s cultural endurance. I was alone as I had gone for a walk but discovered I was in time for the matinée. When Joe finds himself used and discarded, Ratso shows him how to survive. Ratso is well-named. Midnight Cowboy is still a good movie that sometimes grabs the attention with poignant conviction, but it is definitely a product of its time. Midnight Cowboy: Wine or Vinegar. While maybe being a few years ahead of its peers back then, it just doesn’t strike as much of a chord present-day. It is the story of their misadventures trying to … It was one of the great cinema experiences of my teenage life and left an impression on me that still resonates. Courtesy of United Artists Corporation The film begins in a small town in Texas , where a young man, Joe Buck (played by Jon Voight ), is dressing himself as a cowboy with a fringed jacket. Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy Jon Voight (left) and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy (1969). or you could rescue a male rat of the similar age of chocolate, so he wont be lonely, as rats are very sociable pets. Midnight Cowboy is a 1965 novel by James Leo Herlihy that chronicles the naïve Texan Joe Buck's odyssey from Texas to New York City, where he plans on realizing his dream of becoming a male prostitute servicing rich women. Macadam Cowboy fait partie, avec Les Désaxés de John Huston, des films qui marquent la fin de l'âge d'or du genre western : le cow-boy est présenté comme un gigolo, loin de la vision traditionnelle des héroïques pionniers de l'Ouest américain. Cowboy Joe Buck leaves his life as a dishwasher in Texas to become a hustler in New York City.However, his naïveté gets him hustled more often than not until he links up with streetwise but sickly cripple Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman).Together, they attempt to hustle New York's wealthy, high-society women, Ratso taking over the management side of the operation and Joe standing at stud. midnight cowboy unknown Movie starring Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo (from the Bronx) and a very young Jon Voight as Joe Buck (from Texas). Ratso tells Joe, ”It's a couple of wackos advertising.” ”What would a couple of fruity wackos like that want with characters like you and me?” (1:15) Ratso tells Joe, referring to partiers, "Wackos.